"Any subject the lunatic fringe deems worthy of a lie" becomes a campaign

The lunatic fringe lies constantly. They lie on air, they lie in print, they lie in tweets, they lie in Congress, they lie in repugican cabal legislatures, they lie in their sleep. The lunatic fringe lies about things that they claim are false but are provably true. Documented things. Factual things. *coughCLIMATECHANGEcough*But that doesn't stop them, because if you repeat a lie often enough, people will start to believe it. Especially uninformed, misinformed, ignorant people who can't or will not do any research of their own on any given topic.
Corporations are allowed to legally lie, too, by the way. Well, "corporate people," because, freedom of speech. Thank you, Supreme Court!
We can't stop them, legally at least. We can call them out, we can prove them wrong, we can try to be louder than the liars on the lunatic fringe, and we can try to dissuade the gullible, the ignorant, the willfully ignorant, our friends and neighbors, and anyone else within shouting/writing distance. But they will still lie.
And with that, here are some Los Angeles Times letters to the editor, because our voices matter:

    Re: "When it comes to politics, there's no need to outlaw lying," Editorial, June 17
    Police the liars? How did that work out for the millions of us advocating for equality as we tried to negate the lies coming from the pro-Proposition 8 campaign in 2008? There are people who, six years later, still hold to be true the falsehoods perpetuated by the television ads and mailers of the campaign's deep pockets.
    The damage is done, is nearly irreparable and causes harm to this day. Shame on the Supreme Court for clearing the way for the continuance of fabrication within political campaigns.
    Couple that decision with the Citizens United and McCutcheon vs. Federal Election Commission rulings, and we're all in for Proposition 8-style campaigns on any subject matter the extreme right deems worthy of a lie. Again and again, the damage will be done as many take as gospel untruthful propaganda.

    Sheila Alberg
    Bakersfield

"Lies, Lying Liars and the Lies they tell